diff --git a/build-scripts/wikiheaders.pl b/build-scripts/wikiheaders.pl
index 1b6b8555c..dfd1913c4 100755
--- a/build-scripts/wikiheaders.pl
+++ b/build-scripts/wikiheaders.pl
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ sub wikify {
         $str =~ s/\`(.*?)\`/<code>$1<\/code>/gms;
 
         # bold+italic
-        $str =~ s/\\*\*\*(.*?)\*\*\*/'''''$1'''''/gms;
+        $str =~ s/\*\*\*(.*?)\*\*\*/'''''$1'''''/gms;
 
         # bold
         $str =~ s/\*\*(.*?)\*\*/'''$1'''/gms;